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DECEMBER 3
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Rotary International President – Stephanie Urchik
And for our clubs -
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Angel
Rotarian Angel
Rotary's Theme for the month of December
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Inspirational moment
Project Amigo
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Canadiana
Canadiana – Tim Horton’s
Here are 10 intriguing facts about Tim Hortons:
1. Hockey Origins: Tim Hortons was founded in 1964 by NHL defenseman Tim Horton, who played for teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
2. Affordable Beginnings: When the first store opened in Hamilton, Ontario, both coffee and doughnuts were priced at just 10 cents each.
Canadian Living
3. "Double-Double" in the Dictionary: The term "double-double," referring to coffee with two creams and two sugars, was added to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary in 2004, highlighting its cultural significance.
Readers Digest
4. Timbits Introduction: The popular bite-sized doughnut holes, known as Timbits, were introduced in 1976 and have become a staple item.
Canadian Living
5. Roll Up the Rim to Win: Launched in 1986, this annual promotion allows customers to win prizes by rolling up the rim of their coffee cups. The first year's top prize was a box of Timbits.
Global News
6. Global Presence: As of September 2023, Tim Hortons operates 3,874 stores across Canada and 1,827 internationally, including locations in the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
7. Secret Coffee Recipe: Only three people in the world know the exact blend and roasting process of Tim Hortons' signature coffee, ensuring its unique flavor remains consistent.
Tim Hortons
8. High Coffee Consumption: Tim Hortons serves more than 2 billion cups of coffee annually, accounting for approximately 60% of the Canadian coffee market.
Global News
9. "Double-Double" Popularity: The "double-double" is one of the most popular coffee orders at Tim Hortons, reflecting its deep integration into Canadian coffee culture.
Devraa
10. Community Involvement: The Tim Horton Children's Foundation, established in 1975, has provided over 200,000 underprivileged children with the opportunity to attend camp, demonstrating the company's commitment to community support.
Tim Hortons
These facts highlight Tim Hortons' significant role in Canadian culture and its expansion beyond Canada's borders.
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring, and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
October 15. WOW, Microfinance, a small impact on our club but a huge positive impact for those receiving loans. Small Rotary clubs can continue to have a huge impact internationally.
Patrick Gibson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Microfinance. Microfinance is a simple program that helps so many people all over the world.
Rick Gibson, Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise, District 5020
October 20. The TED talk about methane and how to reduce it got my attention. This is an excerpt from UC Davis (California) on Why do cattle produce methane, "Methane is also a short-lived gas, meaning it lasts and warms the atmosphere for about a decade before being broken down into carbon dioxide and water vapour. This carbon is then available to be utilized by plants for photosynthesis to grow and produce oxygen, as part of the stockpile of CO2 in the atmosphere." And they are also doing trials to modify the feed of cattle to aid in reducing methane so there is some good news for those of us who enjoy our beef and lamb.
David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
September 30. This is going to suck! What a heart-warming story!
Neil Rogers, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370.
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Announcements
Announcement from President Vicki
Three donors have pledged to match every dollar donated up to $15,000 contributed before December 10, doubling the value of your donation so your contribution will produce a more significant impact.
You are the ones these children depend on to make a difference in their lives and lift them out of poverty!
www.creatingopportunitiesforguatemalans.org/
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Rotary E-Club of Innovation is also raising money to End Polio with their online downloadable Recipe book. If you can, please help support them.
www.foodtheworldover.org
Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!
Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
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So you're aware -
Our Club's Ongoing Projects -
We provide ongoing support for the following projects:
And we're doing great!
Ask for more information if you'd like to be involved!
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Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Thursday of the month is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event. Plan to join us.
The time is 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) in lieu of the weekly Coffee Chat except for July and August when there are no FA’s. Here is the zoom link:
Each Thursday Morning from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (Mountain Time) we host a casual FellowSIP Coffee Chat.
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.
For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca
All our videos can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
10430 135 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5N 2C6
(780) 267 4547
Environment
Humour
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
ONE MAN'S FIGHT AGAINST POLIO
All Rotarians are aware of the challenges facing people trying to vaccinate children and eradicate the scourge of Polio. As we read in the Summer edition of Rotary magazine, medics at the front line, like Dr Abdur Rehman in Pakistan, risk their lives to eliminate a disease that has killed and maimed thousands of young people across the world for generations. But poverty, access to clean water, improvements to sanitation, political unrest and cultural issues make, what should be a simple humanitarian exercise, often extremely difficult.
For Keith Tovey, a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Norwich, such stories always bring home to him his lucky escape and his determination to raise the profile of the End Polio Now campaign. It was late July 1955 and Keith, an 11-year old boy from Southend on Sea, Essex, was visiting his grandmother in Stoke, near Coventry, in Warwickshire. "As was common on such visits, I went to Gosford Green swimming pool and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. A day later, the pool was closed following an outbreak of polio with a dozen cases recorded on the day I was there," he said.
"Later in August I went swimming in my home pool at Westcliff and was subsequently taken ill with a sore throat and high temperature." He spent a few days in bed (a summer cold possibly) and felt fine. As boys do, he decided to go for a cycle ride and within five minutes he again felt ill. Returning home he had a temperature of 40o C a high fever, and was back in bed for the next three to four days. "I recovered but any exertion put me back in bed with a high temperature," he said. "This cycle of events continued for the next month until the doctor was convinced that I was showing signs of Polio and I was rushed to the isolation hospital in Westcliff.
"That first night alone I remember well. I was in a room in what appeared to be a pavilion in the middle of a field. Doctors and nurses wearing masks came and prodded me with injections to all parts of my body and tested my reflexes on what must have been an hourly basis. There was little chance of sleep. As day broke I watched the squirrels playing outside.
"Later that day I was transferred to a ground floor room of the main block and, apart from the medical staff, I saw nobody. My parents looked in through a closed window and we had to communicate by holding up messages."
He remained in the hospital for a further week undergoing injections and blood tests, before being allowed home to rest. He then went back to school three weeks late (and to a new secondary school), He was fortunate. He did not have to experience the 'iron lung' or callipers. The incident was forgotten.
A year or so later Keith's parents received a letter asking for children of his age to be put forward for a new vaccine which was supposed to prevent Polio. Two hundred children from two different countries were chosen to trial the drug. His parents immediately jumped at the opportunity not entirely believing their son had had the disease.
Before any injection took place, Keith was subjected to more blood tests. However, before his second injection, the final results confirmed that he was immune from Polio, that he had perhaps contracted a mild form of Polio, and he wasn't given the second vaccine. Keith had had a lucky escape.
Life went on. He has had an illustrious career working and teaching about landslide hazards and coastal erosion, both in the UK and Hong Kong, and had no further problems with his health apart from having Trench Mouth (!) and Rheumatic Fever, until he joined Rotary! Indeed at the age of 16 he walked 75 miles in 22.5 hours raising money for World Refugee Year. This was before sponsored walks and money was collected in buckets!
Nine years ago he was diagnosed with Amyloidosis a somewhat rae disease affecting only 1 person in 150,000 due to a protein deficiency and, after being seated next to another Rotarian with a very bad cold at a Conference, he caught pneumonia, which subsequently caused kidney failure and he has been on dialysis ever since!
It didn't curb his enthusiasm to halt the spread of Polio.
He never forgot his early experience and it was the End Polio Now campaign that persuaded him to join Rotary nearly a quarter of a century ago. He has supported it ever since. He is always in the forefront when it comes to events to halt the spread of the disease and to this end he has suggested, with the full backing of the Norwich Club, that 8000 purple Crocus corms be planted on the mound at the entrance to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
So on October 24th Rotarians from some of the Norwich Rotary Clubs, will be on their hands and knees, planting crocuses. And in the Spring a fantastic sight will greet visitors to the Hospital: Purple Crocuses spelling END POLIO.
He is fearful that potential problems in Gaza could exacerbate the problem and cause Polio to once again spread world-wide. "But we must be hopeful. Having been at the forefront of the eradication 65 years ago, it is my ambition to see the disease eradicated in my lifetime," he said.
Source: Rotarian Keith Tovey
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Food for thought
Camp Kawartha’s Rotary Health Centre is giving campers something to write home about
A few years ago, it became clear that Camp Kawartha needed to replace its 1950’s-era Health Centre that was aging and poorly insulated. The Camp’s Health Centre serves as a treatment facility for campers, students, visitors and staff. The leadership team saw the new building as an opportunity to not only enhance their environmental programming but also to inspire architects, builders, homeowners, and healthcare practitioners to incorporate these sustainable elements into future designs.
The Camp also wanted to show that it is possible to create spaces where both people and nature can thrive. It was important to the team that the new build and its surroundings encourage children to engage with their environment, while showcasing to the health sector that medical facilities can be designed in a way that is energy efficient and also healthy for the environment. Their vision went beyond sustainability—they wanted to create a space that inspires and regenerates, fostering a deeper connection between people and the natural world.
To this end, Camp Kawartha hired Straworks, a Kawartha-based company specializing in strawbale buildings and sustainable design. Camp Kawartha is also home to the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre, one of Canada’s most sustainable buildings and it also has a number of strawbale buildings at its main site. Straw not only absorbs carbon as it grows but provides significantly better insulation, clocking in at an R-value between 30-40, twice as much as fiberglass insulation. Straworks calculated that building the Rotary Health Centre absorbed 6.5 tonnes of carbon, compared to the 35 tonnes or more a conventional building of the same size would emit. That is a carbon savings of over 40 tonnes for one building! When the useful life of the building is over, much of the material returns to the soil, helping to reduce landfill waste and recycle nutrients.
The Rotary Health Centre is an example of how to create buildings that not only sequester carbon but are designed in a way to incorporate nature into the built environment. Around the Rotary Health Centre, pollinator gardens were installed—a bird-friendly area full of native plant species that attract wildlife. A water feature, a living roof and a sensory garden further encourage children to engage with the environment. All in all, Camp Kawartha has created a space that looks after the health needs of the camp’s children inside and out!
The project’s costs, like many other projects built at this time, escalated during construction, going up $100,000 over the initial $375,000 budget. This presented a formidable challenge to the small not-for-profit charity. Ultimately, the innovative nature of the project attracted attention and sufficient funds were raised.
The lessons learned from this creative and ambitious project are already having positive impact. In addition to workshops provided to the public during construction to learn about regenerative design, a variety of tours for architects, builders, students, campers, and the public are held regularly. Upwards of 1,200 people have walked through the health centre and have left inspired to build a better world. A handbook describing the sustainable features of the Rotary Health Centre is available on Camp Kawartha’s website.
All in all, the Rotary Health Centre at Camp Kawartha offers just the kind of fun and educational lessons a camp and outdoor education centre should offer, the kind that, you could say, come naturally.
Delta Management Group is the leading sustainability, ESG
and clean tech focused search firm in Canada. Delta is proud to have founded
the Canada's Clean50 Award program in 2011, and has been the primary sponsor
for the past 13 years.
Project Leads
Jacob Rodenburg
Deirdre
McGahern
Susan
Ramey
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Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
THIS WEEK - George Strait and Eric Clapton
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A repeat, perhaps, but well worth the re-introduction.
The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, here is a short version of the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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